Latin Americans are more tolerant of gay and lesbian families than North Americans are. No Latin American country has explicit prohibitions against gay and lesbian adoptions such as those in many...

Latin Americans are more tolerant of gay and lesbian families than North Americans are. No Latin American country has explicit prohibitions against gay and lesbian adoptions such as those in many European countries and parts of the United States. Many judges in Latin America have already granted adoptions to lesbian and gay citizens. Clinics and doctors in many Latin American countries have been providing access to assisted reproduction to lesbians since the 1990s (Sarda, 2000).